Dear L. B.!

Yesterday we sent you No. 16 of *Nevskaya Zvezda*.

We were also disturbed by No. 6 of *Nevsky Golos*, and we have already sent an indignant letter to *Pravda*. Today we are writing again for No. 17 of *Nevskaya Zvezda*...*

One cannot speak legally about "party candidates"—we can do this in the Central Committee leaflet and in *Rabochaya Gazeta*.

The move has given us so far: 1) proximity for 1 day; 2) the arrival of Abramchik (this is secret). He is already here. Apparently, he will help with the border. Perhaps (is this still?) also with the elections in St. Petersburg;

3) Hope to arrange a further series of meetings. Two people have already been set in motion for this.** If they don't fail, there will be benefit. But everything moves slowly and through a series of failures.

Regarding the newspaper, here is what should be done: subscribe yourself to *Russkie Vedomosti* 90 (*R. V.* you yourself choose anyway) (and 4-5 days after receiving it, twice a week send it to us). We will pay. You won't get more from *Pravda*: the circulation has apparently fallen to 30,000, and apparently things are difficult...

* The manuscript of the document is partially damaged. Here and below several words are not deciphered. Words in square brackets have been restored according to sense. Ed.

** This apparently refers to I. F. Armand and G. I. Safarov. Ed.